Sustainable mobility has become an important catchphrase in transportation policy and planning. Yet, at the same time, it is an inherently normative and political concept, which raises questions of governance. Th is chapter outlines a means to think about sustainability from a governance perspective. Th e term governance is conceptualized in the chapter as, on the one hand, a set of structures ...

Risk governance is a major challenge in the twenty-first century. Governments and regulatory authorities are required to deliver the best possible risk governance to society. However, in a globalized world, their performance is increasingly assessed at the international level by using the best scientific knowledge available. Companies face a renewed demand for social and public responsibility a...

BACKGROUND Good governance may result in strengthened performance of a health system. Coherent policies are essential for good health system governance. The overall aim of this research is to provide the best available scientific evidence on principles of good policy related leadership and governance of health related rehabilitation services in less resourced settings. This research was also co...

BACKGROUND Assessing and understanding health systems governance is crucial to ensure accountability and transparency, and to improve the performance of mental health systems. There is a lack of systematic procedures to assess governance in mental health systems at a country level. The aim of this study was to appraise mental health systems governance in Nepal, with the view to making recommend...

The variety of transport governance models in existence in the UK are the result of devolution and successive local government re-organisations which has had a significant impact on the form and content of regional transport strategies and local transport planning practice. A key policy challenge is the increasing need to manage transport demand and encourage the use of public transport; walkin...

Emerging forms of empowered participatory governance have generated considerable scholarly excitement, but critics continue to ask if such initiatives are “for real”: Are participatory governance processes sufficiently independent? Do citizen participants make good policy choices? An in-depth look at the case of the British Columbia Citizens’ Assembly on Electoral Reform suggests that real citi...

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The Governance and Social Development Resource Centre (GSDRC) provides cutting-edge knowledge services on demand and online and aims to help reduce poverty by informing policy and practice in relation to governance, conflict and social development issues. The Norwegian Peacebuilding Centre (Noref, Norsk Ressurssenter for Fredsbygging) is a resource centre integrating knowledge and experience to...

Draft Background The aim of this paper is to present an outline for discussion upon a new Research Challenge on Opinion Mining and Sentiment Analysis. This research challenge has been developed in the scope of project CROSSOVER “Bridging Communities for Next Generation Policy-Making” in the view of the definition of a new Research Roadmap on ICT Tools for Governance and Policy Making, building ...